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Post No.46: Thank you for your candid opinion on the discussion held thus far. I thought that we were doing better than just speculating idly. Perhaps not though.

I herewith attach all the instances of the "personal" emblem that I have recorded thus far. These are all from the expired eBay auctions, as collected and filed by Peter D. Evans over many months on the LEMB, save the excerpt from Jet&Prop. If need be, I can translate it from German.

Post No.47: Andreas, I agree that the time when the first image was taken is the key to solving this puzzle. And... the spring of 1942 is certainly a possibility, and, yes, perhaps the German Army briefly recovered some ground lost during the Red Army winter 1941-42 offensive. However, if the soldier on the photo is really a member of, say, recovery team attached to a smaller infantry unit, he is strangely relaxed, and crucially, unarmed. When I have received the photo, I will have it scanned in the highest resolution possible to see whether some more information can be obtained from it.

Regards,
Sinisa